Travel Journal

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• Unit 3
• Travel Journal

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• English Song
• English Class
• Language Data
• Video Data

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Period 12 Warming up and Reading I
Period 3 Learning about language
Period 4 Reading II
Period 5 Listening
Period 6 Speaking and Writing
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Period 12 Warming up and Reading
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 12 ???9-46?
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Warming upI (2m)
In the National Day and labours Day, many people
including you may prefer to go traveling for a
break.

• 1. Why do people like traveling ?
• 2. If you are going traveling, where are you
  going?
• 3. How are you going?

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Warming up II (2m)
Do you know the following places, have you ever
traveled to them?
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Tiananmen Square
The Great Wall
Forbidden City
The Heaven Temple
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Arc de Triomphe
Eiffel Tower
Louvre Museum
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Under the sea
The North Pole
The South Pole
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The Earth
The Moon
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Warming upIII(2m)
What do you have to consider before you decide
which means of transportation you will use?
means of transportation
on foot
by motor
by bike
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by bus
by jeep
at the bus stop
by car
by train
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by ship/boat/sea
by plane/ air
at the port/ harbor
at the airport
by spaceship
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What do you have to consider before you decide
which means of transportation you will use?
Warming upIV(1m)

• Cost(??)
• Safety(??) Comfort (??)
• Quickness Convenience (??)

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Warming upV (3m)
According to the following chart, in pairs
,discuss the fares and decide where to go.
From To By Travel fare
Xining Qinghai Vientiane Laos Train Air RMB 1320 RMB 3200
Xining Qinghai Phnom Penh Cambodia Train Air RMB 1490 RMB 2600
Xining Qinghai Ho Chi MInh City Vietnam Train Air RMB 1650 RMB 3500
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While you are discussing with your partner , ask
each other the following questions
When are you leaving? Where are you going? How
are you going to? How long are you staying
in? When are you arriving in/at? When are
you coming back?
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Pre-readingI (2m)
Discuss in groups of four and join the great
rivers and their locations in the world in the
following form.
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The great rivers in the world
Names of river Location
Mekong river Seine Nile Gongo Amazon Mississippi Thames England Egypt Central Africa US France China Brazil
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Pre-readingII (2m)
travel along a river
Brain
storming

to irrigate their fields

How do people who live along a river use it?

to make electricity

go swimming
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Pre-readingIII(3m)
Have you ever travelled along a river? If you
have a chance to travel along a river with your
friends, what should you prepare?
the basic equipment
good shoes, clothes, and a backpack
activities to do
Dont hike alone.
Tell someone where you are going.
Bring water and a good map.
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The usage of the equipments
Watch out for dangers, such as spiders, snakes or
poisonous plants.
Wear a hat to protect yourself from the sun.
Bring a cellphone if you have one.
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reading
Journey down the Mekong
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SKimming
ReadingI (1m)

• Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
• What was their dream?
• Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?

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1.Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
They are brother and sister, and both are
college students.
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2. What was their dream?
Their dream was to take a great bike trip.
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3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?
They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a
college in Kunming.
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Scan the passage and then list the countries that
the Mekong River flows through.
Reading II (3m)
China
Laos
Burma
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
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Read and answer the following questions
Reading III (4m)

• Where is the source of the Mekong River and which
  sea does it enter?
• What can you see when you travel along the
  Mekong?
• Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the
  Mekong? Why?

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1,The source of the river is in Qinghai province
and it enters the South China sea.

• 2,You can see glacier, rapids ,hills, valleys,
  waterfalls and plains.
• 3,Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more
  than 5,000metres, where it is hard to breathe and
  very cold.

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Read again and get the main idea of each
paragraph and tell the reason
Reading IV (4m)

• Para.1
• Wang Kun and Wang Wei dream.
• Para.2
• Wang Wei is stubborn.
• Para.3
• Preparing for their trip.

(Students have to tell the reason why they
summarize the main idea like that.)
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Work in pairs and fill in the following form
ReadingV (5m)
Similar attitudes about the trip Different attitudes about the trip
Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think Wang Wei believes Wang Kun believes
1. they must start in Qinghai where the river
begins /see all of the Mekong. 2. that they dont
need to prepare much
1. taking this trip is a dream come true. 2. that
they will enjoy this trip a lot. 3. they should
see a lot of the Mekong. 4. that most of the
Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia.
1. it is too cold and high to start in
Qinghai. 2. that using an atlas is very
important.
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ReadingVI (3m)

• Discuss
• the text
• in details.

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Their dream
Wang Weis suggestion Finding___________ and beginning there.
Their preparations Both of them bought_____________, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to _______in the library.
Taking a great bike trip.
the source
expensive bikes
the atlas
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Why excited Their journey would begin at___________________________.
The Mekong River It begins at a _______on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through___________. Half of it is in China. It enters the______________. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters__________________.
an altitude of more than 5000 meters
glacier
deep valleys
Southeast Asia
the South China Sea
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Whats the main idea of the text?
Reading VII (3m)
Discussion
In groups of four , summarize the main idea of
the passage and tell why.

• The passage tells us a main idea that no
  success in life merely happens by describing my
  sisters and my dream---taking a bike trip and
  preparations for the trip.

(Students can have their own opinions.)
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ReadingVIII (2m)

• Do you know some proverbs about it?
• What can we learn from the text?

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• Life is just a series of trying to make your
  mind.
• ??????????????????
• Hitch your wagon to a star.
• ???,????
• Success belongs to the persevering.
• ?????????
• No success in life merely happens.
• ??????????????????

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Homework Read the passage and find out the
sentences you appreciate and then share with your
desk mates.
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Language points for Reading I
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Take a break
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Period 3 Learning about Language
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 3 ???47-69?
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Answer key for Ex. 1 on page20

• 1.persuade 2.determined
• 3.Once change her mind
• 4.proper 5.insisted 6.detail
• 7.farefinally 8.cycle

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Answer key for Ex. 2 on page 20
1.waterfall 2.rapide 3.valley
4.delta 5.Glacier
6.plain 7.canyon
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Answer key for Ex. 3 on page 20
I really enjoyed my school field trip in
geography. We saw so many beautiful things a
_______ that flowed like a river of ice through a
__________ that cut the mountains into parts. We
also discovered a river which fell off the
mountain and became a wonderful_________. This
was even more exciting to see than the _______
where the water seemed to boil. Later we followed
the river to a quieter _________and finally into
a _______and the sea.
glacier
canyon/valley
waterfall
rapids
plain
delta
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Answer key for Ex. 1 in Discovering useful
structure
A Are you working this evening?
B. No. Were having an English party,
dont you know?
A Yes, I do. And were giving some
performances at the party. What are you
going to do ?
B Im singing songs with my classmates.
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Answer key for Ex. 2 on page 21
are going to travel
R Miss Wang, I hear that you ________________
along the Mekong River. Thats really exciting .
Have you got everything ready? W Almost. R When
are you ____________? W Next Monday. R How far
are you ______________each day? W Its hard to
say. If the weather is fine, I think well be
able to ride 75 km a day.
going/leaving
going/leaving
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R Where are ______ at night? W Usually in our
tent, but sometimes in a small hotel in town. R
Do you think you are __________ back here
soon? W Oh, we _______________ back to this
place. We ___________home. Thatll be a month
later.
staying
are coming
are not coming
are going
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Grammer
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The Present Continuous Tense for Future Actions
Grammar--I (5m)

• Betty is going off (leaving for) to Guangzhou by
  plane tomorrow.
• Bob is going to the airport by taxi next week.

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• 3) Jane is staying in Xian with her parents.
• 4) Bob is coming with Betty to see her off.
• ??????????????,????????????????????,????????
  ???,???????,????go, come, leave, sleep, stay,
  play, do, have, take, get to, see off, etc.

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The Present Continuous Tense for the present
actions
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• 1)How are you feeling today?
• 2)He is always thinking others.
• 3)You are always leaving things about.
• 4)He is always talking big.

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????????????????,???????????????,??????always
?forever,???????????,???,??,??,???????????????
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• The plane takes off at 930.
• My plane leaves at 700.
• When does the winter holiday begin?
• What time does the train leave for Shanghai?
• ???????????????? ????????,????????????,???
  ?????begin, go, leave, start, take ??

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Grammar--II (10m)
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• (1)???????????????
• ??????????????,??????now, at the moment????
• ?????????????,???????????????,??today, this week,
  this term????

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• Eg. Right now it is the summer vacation and Im
  helping my dad on the farm.?????,???????????
• Im sitting on a rock near the river with my
  friends.???????????????????
• (2)????????????,????always, continually???,???????
  ?,??,??,?????????
• Eg. Shes always changing her mind.????????(??)

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• (3)???????????,????????????(???????????),?????????
  ???????,?come, go , leave, arrive, start,
  begin??
• Eg. Mother is taking us home to see my grandma on
  Sunday.?????????????????

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• He will write you a letter next week.???????????
• ??will/shall????,?????????????????????????????
  ?????
• I shall be sixteen years old next month.
• ??????????(????)

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• ?be going to ????,????,??????????
• Eg. Were not going to have any classes next
  week.
• ??????,?arrive, come, go , leave, start,
  begin?,??????????????????????????????????
• Eg. The next train leaves at 915.

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Grammar--III (5m)
Practice Students finish the Ex.3 on P21. After
that, students give their own answers.
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Translate the following statements

• ?????????
• 2.????????????????
• 3.????????????
• 4.?????????????

I am going to America next month.
My aunt said she is arriving at our home the day
after tomorrow in the letter.
I am not doing anything tomorrow.

1. Mary and I are going to fish next Sunday.

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• Because the shop___________, all the T-shirts are
  sold at half price.(2004?????)
• A. has closed down B. closed down
  C. is closing down D. had had closed down
• 2. Ive won a holiday for two weeks to Florida.
  I______ my mum.(NMET2001)
• am taking B. have taken
• C. take D. will have taken

A
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• 3. ----Can I join your club, dad?
• -----You can when you _______ a bit older. (NMET
  1994)
• get B. will get
• C. are getting D. will have got
• 4. At this time tomorrow ______over the
  Atlantic.(2003?????)
• were going to fly B. well be flying
• C. well fly D. were to fly

A
B
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Homework To create some situations in which
can use continuous tense to express future , and
then share with the classmates in next lesson.
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Take a break
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Period 4 Reading II
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 4 ???70-89?
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Journey down the Mekong
A night in the Mountains
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Pre-reading--I
Have you ever been to Tibet?
Tibet
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Pre-reading II
Speaking activity
Imagine that you and your partners are planning
to make a trip down the Mekong, you need to
choose what you will take with you, please have a
group of four to discuss which thing you think is
the most useful, and which thing is the least
useful . Give a reason why do you think so. The
following things are for you to choose.
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flashlight
matches
raincoat
umbrella
can openers
compass
tyre
water bottle
radio
blanket
tent
map
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First reading
Reading --I
Decide the following statements are true or false.
?When they arrived in Tibet, it was winter then.
( ) ?Wang Wei was behind me as usual. (
) ?When we reached a valley, it became warmer.(
) ?After supper, we started to make camp. (
) ?Wang Kun went to sleep and Wang Wei stayed
awake. ( ) ?There was almost no wind on that
night. ( )
F
F
T
F
F
T
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Reading--II
Second reading
How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now?
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Find the detailed information from the passage.
Reading --III
We _____ __________.
made
In the early evening
camp
to
Wang Wei ______ __ ____________ but I_______
_______.
went
sleep
After supper
stay awake
became
The sky _____ __________.
At midnight
clear
were
The stars _____ _______.
bright
There was only the sound of______
fire
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Journey down the Mekong
The end of our Journey
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Prediction
Can Wang Wei and Wang Kuns dream come true?
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Do you know something about the following
countries Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam. Just say
something about them.
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Capital Phmon Penh(??)
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Capital Vientiane(??)
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Capital Ha Noi(??)
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Please find more information from the travel
journal to fill the following form

Topic Laos Cambodia Vietnam
Population
Weather
Learning
Farming
Half the population of Cambodia
Twice the population of Laos
Almost seven times the population of Cambodia
Cool and dry in autumn
Cooler in the north and much warmer in the south
Half of its people cant read or write
Rice and fish
Rice and fish
Rice, fish and fruit
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Homework Do a survey to find out how many
students have ever traveled to other provinces
and then choose one or two students to interview
their feelings during the trip, and report it in
next class.
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For a break
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Period 5 Listening
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 5 ???90-98?
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Can you imagine what happened when Wang Kun and
Wang Wei travelled down the Mekong river?
chatting with the passers-by
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see some beautiful sceneries
What happened?
meet some thing dangerous
get lost
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Listen to tape and tick the words you hear on the
tape.
v
v
mountains
valleys
forests
waterfalls
fish
v
canyons
horses
Laos
floods
v
v
Tibet
Dali
Thailand
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Listening to the tape again and answer the
following questions

1. Which country does the girl come from?
2. Where does the Mekong River even appear in Laos
3. What is the Mekong river called in Vietnam?

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1. Which country does the girl come from?

She is from Laos.
2.Where does the Mekong River even appear in Laos?
In its national flag.
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3.What is the Mekong river called in Vietnam?
Its called the river of the nine dragons
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Listen again to the tape and fill in the chart
Topic Southwest China Laos
Local name of the river
Uses of the river
What to see
scenery
The water of the rocks
The sea of Laos
washing, fishing and transport
many different animal, plant and bird species
small villages along the river
river passes through mountains and forests
temples, caves and a waterfall
waterfalls and rapids
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Listen to the tape and find out the information
to fill in the blank.
1.Were ___________ the Mekong River from its
start to where it ___________ the sea. 2. We
would be ________ ___________ it. Its better
than a road. 3. The scenery can _________
_______ _________ ___________. 4.its a
______________ area so you know its very special.
following
joins
without
lost
take your
breath away
protected
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Take a break
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Period 6 Speaking Writing
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 6 ???99-107?
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Speaking
Introduce a place that you have ever been to to
your partner, such as when and how you went
there, what you saw, what you did, what impressed
you most ect.
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Writing
Read the short passage on page 23, and find out
the differences between a diary and a travel
journal.
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Diary Travel journal

1. write about their travels

1. Put thoughts
2. not so personal ,can be shared with others
2. personal
3. diary just record the personal feelings
3. travel journal has a different purpose
4.writers record their experiences, ideas and
afterthoughts about what they have seen.
4. diary writers record how they feel very soon
after things happen
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Have you ever written a travel journal? Have you
ever introduce your trip to your friends? Now,
imagine you just come back from a journey, and
during journey you have recorded what you saw
,how you felt , and you want to write a letter to
your American friend to share your experience.
The following is the form of the letter
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(heading)
Beijing No 4 Middle School
Beijing, China

October 3rd, 2004 (salutation) Dear Sir or
Madam Thank you for your letter dated October
1s, 2004.________ ________________________________
__________________________________________________
___________________________________( body
)_________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
________
(complimentary close)

Yours sincerely,

(signature)
Zhou ping
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Students write the draft of the letter in the
class.
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Homework Revise the composition and then change
with the desk mates to correct the mistake. Next
lesson, read the revised and corrected one to the
whole class.
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Take a break
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Language Data Bank

• Language points for Reading I

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Language points for Reading I

• 1.persuade cause sb by reasoning ??,??
  (??????,???????try to persuade)
• (1)persuade sb to do sth ?persuade sb into doing
  sth???????
• How can you persuade him to change his mind/into
  changing his mind?

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• (2) persuade sb out of doing sth ?????????
• Finally, we persuaded her out of traveling by
  plane.
• 2.insist declare firmly, esp.in the face of
  doubt of opposition ????????
• (1)????,????,????????????(???????????),?should
  ????,should????

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• I insisted that he (should) come with
  us.????????????
• (2)???(??????),??????????,????????
• He insisted that he hadnt stolen the girls
  handbag.???????????????
• (3) Insist on/upon doing sth ?????
• I insisted on/upon his coming with us.

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• 3.plain adj??????n. ??
• the wide plains of Canada ????????
• in plain language ??????

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• 4.trip, journey, travel, tour
• (1)trip ????????????????????,trip?journey????,????
  ?make, take?go on. ?
• make/ take/ go on a trip/ journey to ???
• on a/ ones trip/ journey

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• (2)travel ???????,????,??,??????????,?????many??
  ??
• He came back home after years of foreign travel.
  ???????,??????
• (3)tour ???,????,?????????????????
• Our American friends are making a tour of
  Shanghai. ?????????????????

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• 5. It is my sister who first had the idea to
  cycle along the Mekong River from where it begins
  to where it ends.(P.18)??????????????????????????
• It is that/who...?????,??????????(????),??????
  It is ?????that(???????????who)????
• ?My parents are determined to visit China next
  year.

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• It is my parents who/that are determined to visit
  China next year.(????)
• It is China that my parents are determined to
  visit next year.(????)
• ????????
• Is it China that your parents are determined to
  visit next year?
• Where is it that your parents are determined to
  visit next year?

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• 6.They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan
  Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part
  of the river that is called the Mekong River
  before flowing in other countries.(P.18)
• ??????,?????????????????,????????????????,????????
  ?????

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• the Chinese part of the river that is called the
  Mekong River before flowing in other countries
  ???????,???????the Langcang River,???????????that
  is called the Mekong River before flowing in
  other countries.

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• 7.My sister doesnt care about details.(p.18)?????
  ???????
• (1)care about be worried, concerned or
  interested ??,??,??
• (2)care for look after like or love ????
• Who will care for the children if their mother
  dies?
• Would you care for a drink?

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• (3)care to do be willing to or wish or like to
  do ???????(?????????)
• I dont care to be seen in his company.

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• 8.Once she has made up her mind, nothing can
  change it.(P.18) ???????,??????????
• (1)once ??????????,????,?
• Once you listen to the song, you will never
  forget it.

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• (2)once ???,???? for one time??in the past.
• He goes to the cinema once a week.
• This book was once very popular but no one reads
  it today.
• (3)once ?????at once ?? all at once ?? once more
  ??? once a while ??

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• 9. To climb the mountain road was hard work but
  to go down the hills was great fun.(P.22)
• (1)???to do ???????,??????????
• To get up early is good for our health.
• ???????,??????it ??????to do???,??????
• It is good for our health to get up early.
• It is necessary for us to learn more about
  science and technology.
• It is nice of you to let me know the result.

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• (2)fun??????,????????????
• What fun the children had at the seaside.
• Your new friend is great fun.

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The End